Here's How Diehard 'NSync Fans Have Been Keeping Themselves Busy Online Since 2002

Imagine if Tumblr and Twitter were around back in 1998, when ‘NSync was topping charts with hits like “Bye Bye Bye” and “I Want U Back”.

Much like Directioners, Beliebers, and Lovatics spend their time now, begging their celeb-obsessions for birthday retweets and follow backs, we’d be hounding a noodle-haired Justin Timberlake for a shoutout or reblogging a GIF of the cutest moments from the “I Drive Myself Crazy” video.

OK, now imagine that you don’t have to imagine that at all, because buried under a sea of One Direction tumblr pages is an undeniably strong ‘NSync fanbase, tried and true after 15 years.

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